Mop



H. TSCHERNING MOP Filed Aug. 21 1922 Sept'. 18 1923,

Patented Sept# 18, MMS.

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HENRY TSCHEB-ISIING, ,OF IFR-REPORT, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNO TO .ARCADE MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY, OF IREEPItT7 ILLINOIS, .A CORPORATIONOF ILLINOIS.

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Application led August 21,.`1922.,

. kTo all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY TsoHnnNING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, useful Improvement in Mops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates, more particularly, to mopsj of the type comprising a'handle portion carrying at one end a head connected therewith and forming a stationary jaw and involving a bail-like movable jaw cooperating with the stationary jaw and between which the swab is relatively held, the mov-A able jawA cooperating with a spring `which surrounds the handle and is engaged by a device which when moved to one position opens the jaws and when'actuated yto another position forces the movable jaw toward the fixed jaw,` by a yielding action whereby the jaws accommodate themselves to swabs of different thicknesses and firmly clamp the same therebetween.:

The springs referred to, as mops of the general character above stated have hitherto are of the coil type, it being been provided the intention, in the manufacture of the mops, to hold the outer end of the coil spring in fixed relation to the head forming the stationary liaw, the opposite free end of Ythe spring being engaged by the device through the medium of whichthe bail-like movable jaw is actuated to different positions relative tothe stationary jaw as stated. As these devices have hitherto been provided the coil springwould oftentimes rotate on the handle portion out of engagement with the fastening means at its outer end and would result in the detrimental disarrangement of the parts of the construction.

My object is to provide a novel. simple and economical construction of mop in which provision is made tion of the coil spring into a position wherein disarrangement of the parts affecting. the

. functioning ofthe `device results.

Referring to the accompanying draw- Y vention. a portion of the handlebeing cut Figure l is a view in front elevation of a mop constructed in accordance with my 1nhave invented a new and Vpasses loosely for preventing the rota seriai No. 583,261.

3-3 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrows.

In the construction shown thehandle portion of the mop represented at fl, and which is commonly made of wood, is provided at its outer end with a head 5 shown as formed of sheet .metal and of common construction, this head comprising` the'stationary one of the swab-holding jaws of the device. The head 5 is held on the handle 4L by means of staple 6 which passes at one of its prongs through an opening 7 in the head 5 and eX- tends at both of its prongs into the handle portion 4. The movable bail-like jaw of the mop is represented at 8 and cooperates with the stationary jaw as in constructions as hitherto provided, the rear arms of the bail, these arms being represented at 9, being connected with a plate-like member 10 which opposes a side of the handle his transversely curved and presents rearward extending ears 11 to which the arms 9 are connected, the upper end of the plate-like member 10 being formed with a loop 12. The construction also involves a coil spring 13 which surrounds the handle portion 4 and is compressible in a direction lengthwise of the latter. The upper end of the spring 13 abuts the under side of the head 5 and is held in position by means of the staple 6 through which the free upper end lt of the spring extends. The lower end of the spring 13 through the loop 12 of the plate 10.

The operation of the construction to clamp a swab between the jaws thereof is the same as that of'structures now commonly in use.

The free end 14 of the spring beyond the staple 6 is shown as outwardly deiiected as represented at 15. the purpose of this deflection being to prevent the rotation of the spring 13 out of engagement with the staple G. whereby the parts of the structure are prevented from becoming disarranged and imn 10 surrounding vent/ion, I do not Wish to be understood as intending to limit it thereto as the same may be variously modified. and altered Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

lha-t elaine as new7V und desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A mop comprising, in combination, e bai', a jaw on Said bai', a Second jaw movable re1a tive to said firsbreferred to jaw, n coil spring said baiancl compressible 'toward said first-named jawV to lengthwise thereo to force said'imovable jaw slamp and retain n symb therebetweeinom of the eon volui'ions of said Spring having i deflected poi-tion, and a staple embracing seid convolution and eo-operatingwith the deflected portion thereof whereby to Yprevent the sp1-ing from turning. Y

HENRY TSCHERNING. 

